Articles by Andrew Gillen (279)
Yesterday, Ryan Howard "finally earned his money again" with a walk off single, at least that's how a certain member of my household put it. The Phillies had dropped the first two games against the New York Mets in two one-run final scores, and went into Sunday with very little momentum. A victory of any […]
Photo: Philliedelphia/Andrew Gillen Last night, it was Roy Halladay being honored in front of the same crowd he once pitched in front of in the playoffs. Tonight, it will be the man who led the 2008 team to a World Championship, Charlie Manuel, who will get the standing ovation. Manuel will become the 36th member […]
Amidst a season where a pitcher with the same performance as he had in 2010 wouldn't even help, Roy Halladay returned to the field at Citizens Bank Park. It was a bobblehead night for Doc in honor of his career in Philadelphia, and the two-time Cy Young winner threw out the first pitch. Beloved for […]
Photo: Philliedelphia/Andrew Gillen After the July 31st trade deadline came and went, Phillies fans became quite irritated with the lack of movement from their favorite baseball organization. However, the front office continued to drill the old "Trades can still be made in August" thought into our heads. Now a week into the waiver period, Philadelphia […]
If you had hoped that the first two games of this Astros-Phillies series would be any sort of indication of how the final game would play out, you'd be sadly mistaken. In the first battle of this three game set, the two teams played for fifteen innings and managed to put together just three runs. […]
Roberto "Rubber Toe" Hernandez, a durable piece of both the Phillies rotation and bullpen this season, has been traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Hernandez was a part of the first set of players the Phillies had put on waivers in August. In return, the Phillies, according to Jim Salisbury as well as other reporters, […]
For those wondering, that would be the final at bat of Game Five of the 1980 National League Championship Series between the Phillies and Astros. Dick Ruthven, a starting pitcher during the regular season that year, became a part of the bullpen for the playoffs up until the World Series. His two shutout innings to […]
The trade deadline excitement, or lack thereof in the Philadelphia area, probably caused a number of fans to lose any desire they had to continue watching the team play. Many figured that going into last day of July and moving forward, it would be another eight weeks of losing and unexciting baseball. However, even with […]
Yesterday may just have been one of the darkest, most disappointing twenty-four hour period of time in the history of the team. And while the warning signs may have been there, the fan base was still extremely upset with the result of the 2014 Major League Baseball trade deadline. Not a single move was made […]
Cole Hamels may have made his final start in Phillies red on TuesdayPhoto: Philliedelphia/Andrew Gillen Well folks, this was it (possibly). On this night, Tuesday, July 29th of the year 2014, one Colbert Hamels made his final start as a Philadelphia Phillie (maybe). By Thursday, the California Kid will be headed back to his home […]